WoRMS taxon details
Cryptochaetosyllis Jimi, Britayev & Martin in Jimi et al., 2024
1762942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1762942)
accepted
Genus
Cryptochaetosyllis imitatio Jimi, Britayev & Martin in Jimi et al., 2024 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Jimi, Naoto; Britayev, Temir A.; Sako, Misato; Woo, Sau Pinn; Martin, Daniel. (2024). A new genus and species of nudibranch-mimicking Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaeta)
Naoto Jimi 1,2*, Temir A. Britayev 3, Misato Sako 1, Sau Pinn Woo 2 & Daniel Martin 4. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 14(1)17123: 1-11., available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-66465-4
page(s): 4 of 11, figures 3-7; note: Type species collected off Koza, Wakayama, Japan (33°29′57"N, 135°50′15"E), 45 m depth, on coral Dendronephthya aff. tenera [details]
page(s): 4 of 11, figures 3-7; note: Type species collected off Koza, Wakayama, Japan (33°29′57"N, 135°50′15"E), 45 m depth, on coral Dendronephthya aff. tenera [details]
Etymology authors: "The new genus name [Cryptochaetosyllis], feminine in gender, derives from Crypto (covered in Latin) + chaetae +...
Etymology authors: "The new genus name [Cryptochaetosyllis], feminine in gender, derives from Crypto (covered in Latin) + chaetae + syllis (a Greek Sicyonian nymph), referring to the fact that chaetae in the atokous region of the single known species remain covered by tissue inside the chaetal lobe." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Cryptochaetosyllis Jimi, Britayev & Martin in Jimi et al., 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1762942 on 2026-05-06
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Jimi, Naoto; Britayev, Temir A.; Sako, Misato; Woo, Sau Pinn; Martin, Daniel. (2024). A new genus and species of nudibranch-mimicking Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaeta)
Naoto Jimi 1,2*, Temir A. Britayev 3, Misato Sako 1, Sau Pinn Woo 2 & Daniel Martin 4. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 14(1)17123: 1-11., available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-66465-4
page(s): 4 of 11, figures 3-7; note: Type species collected off Koza, Wakayama, Japan (33°29′57"N, 135°50′15"E), 45 m depth, on coral Dendronephthya aff. tenera [details]
page(s): 4 of 11, figures 3-7; note: Type species collected off Koza, Wakayama, Japan (33°29′57"N, 135°50′15"E), 45 m depth, on coral Dendronephthya aff. tenera [details]
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Etymology authors: "The new genus name [Cryptochaetosyllis], feminine in gender, derives from Crypto (covered in Latin) + chaetae + syllis (a Greek Sicyonian nymph), referring to the fact that chaetae in the atokous region of the single known species remain covered by tissue inside the chaetal lobe." [details]Grammatical gender Cryptochaetosyllis is feminine, as is Syllis, type genus of the family. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | keshou-syllis | [details] |
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